Reviews

Selected Poems Of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde

georgilvsbooks's review against another edition

1.0

These poems just were not for me. I didn’t enjoy any I’m afraid.

linniescorner's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

deltajuliet83's review against another edition

4.0

I’ve always struggled with reading poetry but Oscar Wilde writes like the everyman and so it’s much easier to understand. I still had to reread many poems to catch the meaning, or move to a quieter room, but overall I enjoyed the book of poems. Requiescat was my favorite, likely because I recently lost a family member and this sounded like a nice tribute to her.

kartail's review against another edition

4.0

4/5 solely because of ‘the ballad of reading gaol’ and ‘roses and rue’.

sleeveless_heart's review against another edition

5.0

Basically,this book deserves 5 stars simply for Wilde's "Ballad of Reading Gaol". Beautiful.

sanmeow's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.75

really good!!! i adore his poems stylistically and i absolutely adore oscar wilde's word choices. i can't say i like his other work more than his poetry, it's just different. not in a bad way at all.

marvusxoloto's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

rita_reads_cda's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

I’m definitely not a poetry person. Wilde is his own category, so I thought I’d give it a shot.  Sticking to prose.  

hmetwade's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

the_ash37's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

I adore Oscar Wilde. This man was a genius with a pen. His poetry is SO beautiful and amazingly written. He has such a way with words. His poetry covers many topics like love, mythology, religion and politics. I enjoyed almost every single one of his poems and was left stunned while reading some of them.

His life story is also very interesting and i want to read anything this guy has written he's truly just so talented and amazing.

My favourite poems were:
Panthea, Endymion for music and The Ballad of Reading Gaol. They all had a long lasting impact on me and theyre so beautiful and well written. 

I would rave about Oscar Wilde all day to anyone who would listen i just love him and his writing so much.